The Ontario Nurses Association (ONA), which represents 68,000 nurses and health-care professionals, called on Doug Ford’s government for answers after the organization announced St. Joseph’s Health Care was cutting more than 120 registered nursing positions at the London hospital’s Finch Family Mental Health Care Building. LFP reporter Brian Williams digs into the details:
WHAT’S GOING ON?
ONA raised concerns on Oct. 16 after the union announced St. Joseph’s was cutting the more than 120 RN positions. The same day, hospital officials issued a statement saying the “exact numbers will be determined as we work with our union partners to reduce actual job loss through vacancies.”
St. Joseph’s officials noted they were creating 82 new full-time and 24 part-time direct care roles, including registered practical nurses, while 83 full-time and 31 part-time registered nursing positions would be eliminated, adding, “no official layoff notices have been issued to individual RNs.”